children's poetry, american

Poems about people, places and things, selected by the poet for their appeal to young people.

A collection of original poems ranging in topic from sounds in the city to the seasons to bedtime.

Presents the well-known poem about an important Christmas visitor.

Presents the well-known poem about an important Christmas visitor.

A collection of poems about unusual animal pets by such poets as Karla Kuskin, Theodore Roethke, May Swenson, and others.

A collection of illustrated poems that celebrate the roots and various styles of jazz music, such as ragtime, bebop, and swing.

A collection of poems especially chosen to be read aloud, by authors ranging from Lewis Carroll and Robert Louis Stevenson to Gwendolyn Brooks and David McCord.

Presents Mother Goose verses rewritten with new rhymes, new characters, and nonsense themes. including such revised poems as "Little Asleep Bo Peep," "Mary had a Little Band," and "It's Raining, It's Boring.".

Using conjecture and historical facts, presents poems about how nineteen different sports got their start and grew into the games we know today.

A collection of sixteen yoga poems along with illustrations that depict various yoga positions.